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The following 235 entries include the term in the.
snake in the grass
noun phrase: a secretly faithless friend
soft in the head
idiomatic phrasestick-in-the-mud
noun: one who is slow, old-fashioned, or unprogressive
theater-in-the-round
noun: a theater in which the stage is located in the center of the auditorium
birdie in the cage
noun: a square-dance figure in which three members of a two-couple team encircle the fourth dancer
bird-in-the-bush
nounbirds-in-the-bush
nounblown-in-the-bottle
adjectivecommon in the soil
: the right to dig and take away a part of the soil or minerals of another's land
farmer in the dell
: a ring game in which one player chosen as the farmer occupies the center of the ring, others being called to join him as wife, child, nurse, cat, rat, and cheese and then sent away in reverse order while the players remaining in the ring circle about the farmer singing appropriate verses
Jack-in-the-Green
noun: a man or boy enclosed in a conical framework covered with leaves and boughs to take a prominent part in the May Day games of English chimney sweeps
jacks-in-the-green
plural of jack-in-the-green
kiss-in-the-ring
noun: drop the handkerchief in which the pursuing player may kiss the player he catches
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